Element Created in the Base Product

When an element is created in the base product it gains a unique internal reference number of the form "=<integer>/<integer>", for example: =13/2305. On export from the base product this value, excluding the initial '=' character, will be passed through the UUID fields. AVEVA Bocad Steel will take this value and store it, and use it to allow the user of AVEVA Bocad Steel to identify the original member. On Export back to the base product, for any member which has this UUID attribute set, the original imported UUID will be returned. Thus a user of the base product will be able to spot any changes to the model. The Import system, then allows you to modify the existing structure, rather than just replacing it with a copy. In this way, any drawings, for example, which may have been produced between Export from and Import back to the base product, will retain their logical relationships to the steel members.